Time Point / Time Span
Time adverbial
Temporal phrase
When does it happen?
core
basic
Context
معنی
The time location of an event or state: a point, period, date, moment, duration, or time frame.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Find words that place the event on a timeline.
مثالیں
الفاظ
today|yesterday|now|tomorrow|week|year
فقرے
last night|in two hours|for three days
جملہ
We met yesterday.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Timeline
past ─ yesterday ─ now ─ tomorrow
▲
We met
Span: for three days
Frame: last night
Compare shape
Time can be a: POINT: yesterday / now SPAN: for three days OFFSET: in two hours FRAME: last night Forms may be adverb, case, preposition, particle, tense.
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی زبان میں
Urdu (standard)
موجودگی
strong
اہمیت
Time points and spans are expressed with adverbs, noun phrases and postpositions.
میں کل آؤں گا۔
I tomorrow come will.
سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
Arabic (Modern Standard)
موجودگی
strong
مشکل کی سطح
Time can be stated with adverbs, prepositional phrases, or inferred from verb form and context.
سأزورك غدًا.
I will visit you tomorrow.
سیکھنے والوں کا عام مسئلہ
Learners may place time phrases unnaturally or miss accusative adverbial forms.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.